From musical comedies to pitch-black tragedies, films adapting the work of William Shakespeare run the full gamut. Kristen Lopez counts off twenty of the best that set themselves in their modern day—from Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet to Riz Ahmed as Hamlet. Read the full starter pack breakdown over on Journal. 10 Things I Hate About You Romeo + Juliet The Bad Sleep Well West Side Story My Own Private Idaho All Night Long Richard III She's the Man China Girl Ophélia ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
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